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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
ASSAULTED BY HER HUSBAND.
Terrible Experience of Mrs. j. N. Good
speed, of Cincinnati.


speed, of Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, May 17.-At 4 o'clock this
morning a wild-eyed man of about fifty
years OF age, with his long beard torn and
his face showing traces of blood, entered
the Central Station, and said to the officer
in charge: 81 am J. NJ. Goodspeed. have
assaulted my wife. do not know whether
she is dead or not. You had better lock
me up until you find out. Send to the
BOdley homestead on Prince Hill" The
man was locked up and an officer sent at
once to the place indicated, which is in the
extreme western portion of the city. at
the house the officer found Mrs. Goodspeed
in bed with her face at throat bearing
marks of violence. She was at first averse
to talking but when told that her husband
had surrendered himself she went on to say
that they had played croquet on the lawn
until o'clock last night, when she retired,
Mr.. Goodspeed saying he was not ready
yet. About IL o'clock she heard him
in the room, but fell asleep. At
midnight she was awakened to find
him standing over her with glarlug eyes
and an awful expression on his face, trying
to twist some dark cloth down her throat.
A terrible struggle ensued, in the course of
which she begged him to desist, offering
him the title to all her property but he
was memorable and beat her with some
thing he held in his hand. Mrs. Good
speed caught his long beard and with all
her strength wrenched portion from his
face. This caused him such pain that he
relinquished his hold, and a servant enter
ing at that point, he left the room. MAJOR
Goodspeed married Mrs. Bodley, wealthy
widow year or two ago, after an acquaint-
ance formed at Athens, Ohio, where he was
an esteemed citizen, having for long time
served as principal of the public schools
Mrs. Goodspeed is of the opinion that her
husbands mind is deranged and that view
is taken by all who know him. He was
therefore taken this forenoon to the sani-
tarium at College Hill, where his mental
condition will be ascertained. He has
hitherto borne a spotless reputation and
has been held IN high esteem by all his
acquaintance. Mrs. Goodspeed will be
confined in her room for some time by the
in iuries 10 her head, throat and breast.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
FARM NOTES.

1t is a very easy matter to spoil milk at
this season. Cleanliness is very important
now.
Next month is the time for millet. Get
the ground ready now, and use plenty of
manure.
Guineas and turkeys are excellent for.
ayers, and destroy large number of In
sects in season.
Mari, half peck to hill, is highly rec
commended for black berry bushes. II that
can not be obtoined use loan.
1t is bad for young trees to have wheat,
oats or clover growing about their roots
Keep the ground clean by the use Of the
hoe.
A new, cheap and effective inseSkiller
is said to be composed of one part of mu-
rate of potash in 1000 parts of water.
Kerosene excels for softening or clearing
out the gummed and hardened oil in the
boxes of mowers, reapers and other farm
machinery.
The common white Sat turnip, or the
purple top strop leaf variety, are the kinds
mostly In demand by city consumers. Yet
they are not so rich as the yellow varieties,
or even as the rutabagas.
J. Fl. Hale, of Connecticut, claims that
where peach trees are fertilized with mu.
rate of potash the fruit is of much deeper
color, and has been sold for 81 a basket
more that from trees not so treated.
A new theory regarding milk fever is
that 1t is caused by removing too much of
the warm milk from the udder immedi-
ately after calviDg, thus causing a chill. It
is suggested never to allow the calf to suck
over one-fourth of the milk until after the
fourth day.
The Cackler is the name OF new poultry
journal published in San Francisco. Like
everything else in California that can make
a noise, it is very boastful in respect to the
advantages Of the State.
Detroit manufacturers are now using Pc
troleum to a considerable extent in the
place Of coal or coke for generating steam.
They find it cheaper and more convenient
to use.
In this vicinity lilac bushes have pro.
duced their usual amount OF blossoms.
while SNOWFALL bushes have produced
scarcely any flowers.
The French mode of killing poultry,
causing instant death and perfect bleeding,
is accomplished by opening the beak of
the fowl, and with sharp-pointed and
narrow bladed knife, making an incision at
the back of the roof Of the mouth, which
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
THE FARM BUDGET.
frsnsplanting E7srgrssns = Cooperative
Fsrming-ApplO Trees-Hops.
Saddle Horses Weeds - Horses Dairy
FOod-Timber-Grass seed-House-
hold Hints-Farm Notes.
rime to rranrplsnt Evergreens.

A landscape gardener writes: The nur-
seryman must, of course, 90 on transplant
ing from September till May; he can not
stop because 1t is winter, on account Of
the extent Of his work, the number OF
laborers being in all cases more or less lin
tied But IN planting or improving the
pleasure grounds of large estate it is sure
ly worth while to ascertain the season at
which evergreene csn be removed with
most advantage. All my experience points
strongly to two sessons-the beginning OF
autumn and the end Of spring. AS to the
former season, l would say choose that
period when the new growth ceases and
the young shoots begin to ripen snd solidi-
fy: as 30 the latter, take the trees ust be-
fore the new growth commences. A diff.
Guilty, however, presents itself here which
1T is not easy to grappel with unless the
place for every tree is previously marked
out. In ordinary planting the subjects re-
quired for the plantations are vary various,
and do not all begin nor complete their
growth at the same time. Some begin and
finish early, growing rapidly for a short
on slow growth for length
ened period. But these do not
constitute the majority; most evergreens
begin and finish their growth about the
same time. But how to deal with the eX-
ceptional cases is the question we wish to
settle, anu III suCn ndnnSE tnab bAeIS
shall be no losses by removal and no mis-
cradle looking plant to mar the pleasure
one has = right to look for in cOntemplat-
ing the results Of an expenditure OF money
and labor. The only way out of the diff
ficulty appears to be to mark the place for
every tree, making the first move, whether
in autumn or spring, when the earliest
trees are in the best state for planting, fill
ing in the spaces left afterWard as the diff
ferent trees arrive at the best condition for
removal. There is no doubt that many
eyergreens may be transplanted in autumn
even before growth ceases, and in spring
after growth commences, in such a man.
ner as to preserve a better appearances in
the immediate future than they do If re-
moved in midwinter. OF course, in such
cases, il dry, hot weather should set in at
the time or shortly after transplanting
water should be brought into free use.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
THE DEADLY sALAMANDER.
One of the Ugly Little Reptiles Loose in
New York City.


New YORK, May 17.-About ten days
ago Charles Reiche 81 Bros, dealers in ami
mails, received two salamanders from the
interior of Japan. These Japanese
terrors have excited great attention,
not only because they are the only
ones ever imported into this country,
but on account of their bad reputation.
Anything that they touch is rendered
poisonous. Water in which they have
poked their noses becomes so deadly as to
kill and living that touches it. The repu-
tation of the salamander in regard to fire
is well known: 1t is belived that these
animals have many other habits about
which they are silent.
On Sunday the two warty beasts were
left in a shallow tub, and yesterday morn
ing both had escaped. the larger of the
two was found in corner of the room,
and without much difficulty was picked
up on a cloth and put back in the tub.
The little one had left watery trail in
its fight, which led out of the door
and half way down a fight of stairs to
hole Just big enough for the creature to
squeeze through. The wandering salaman-
der must have made quick descent to q
cellar floor, where a young black bear of
great amiability of character was chained
to the walls. The fall must have soured
the salamander's temper and made him
the store was opened yesterday
morning the bear was lying dead
in its corner with froth about its muzzle
and its body drawn up as if it had died
with the collie. No marks could be found
on the bears body, and no autopsy was
made. That will come in due time to-day,
for everybody wants to know just how the
salamander gets in its deadly work.
The cellar of the store was thoroughly
nHa6 1rTrf r1nr fho How lint N Dzo ri
was not to be found. Last night stream
of water was left trickling down into an
iron basin in the hopes that the pleasant
sound would attract the salamander,
which must be very dry indeed by this
time. The unfortunate part of the affair
is that nobody knows whether the sala-
mander kills its victim by biting, splitting,
or merely getting into the same county.
This uncertainty makes the hunt peculiar
ly exciting.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
Co.OneratiYa Farming.

About year ago, says the Tribune of
Minneapolis, Mimi, little group of peo-
pie organized as the Pioneer Cooperative
Company went from Minneapolis to Crow
Wing County to make home upon tract
OF 250 acres, land which had been pur-
chased from the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company by Minneapolis Knights of Labor
to be devoted to an experiment in cooper
alive fssming. The half-dozan families
who went out to this land were too poor to
have undertaken farming Independently,
and were not prospecting in the city. OF
necessity they began agriculture on a very
small scale. 1t was some time before they
were able to procure team of horses. But
they have found health and an assured
though very frugal living on the land, and
their experiment has already justified it
self. 1t has gotten away from the city
number of people not well fitted to grapple
with the competitive struggle of city life.
and has given them q new start that Will
render all of them self-supportiug, CON-
Portable, and eventually prosperous in the
country. Cooperative farming is thor
oughly feasible thing. The idea has
much that is attractive. Toe cooperative
farming village would do away with the
isolation Of ordinary farm life. 1t would
permit better standard of living at less
cost, and If rightly managed would yield
each family larger not profit than sepa
rate farming. The Shakers and other COM
munistic societies have shown how great
are the economies of productive co-opera-
ton. But it remains to be shown that all
those advantages are compatible with pri-
vate ownership and a business-like plan of
distributing the profits. A dozen Dakota
farmers, with an average of 800 acres apiece
would make twice as much money if they
should consolidate their holdings, organize
a cooperative company, and live at CEN
rations and vastly increase their margin of
profit at every point, while living in a
much more civilized style than is possible
under the present plan. There would be
no difficulties except such as arise from the
frailties OF human nature. But it is easy
to over-estimate these. Men can generally
work together as partners when it is to
their interest to do so. The proneness of
men to qnarrel is not an insuperable OBJ
lection to cooperation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
Brushing Spring Calves.

Every one knows the piteous bleating
that young calf makes when separated
from Its dam. 1t is not alone the frequent
supply Of food that it misses, but even
more the tender fondling and loving at
it can not reach her, the calf soon begins
to feel uncomfortable. Watch how the old
COW fondles it, and we may easily guess
why. Every little while, with her rough,
moist tongue, she will ticks its back, neck
and sides, while the calf, though only a
day, or even less, old. stands in evident en-
joyment of the operation. Whenever a
calf is pitiiully bleatiDg take a soft brush
and initiate the cows action as closely as
possible. The bleating will cease, and If
the grooming is given two or three times a
day this most mournful of all noises will
be effectually stopped.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
Saddle Horses.

In countries where the roads are rough
and the wheeling bad. the saddle horse;
says TUrf, Field, and Farm, " is king. ALI
journeys are made on horseback Ia the
billy districts OF Kentucky and Tennessee
you find splendid riders and snre-footed
horses, and the majority of the horses have
all the saddle gaits. They single-foot, can
ter ard trot. The saddle breed was created
by mixing pacing strain with thorough
bred strains The death OF pacing blood
seemed to reduce the stiffness of knee and
hook action and made the step less wear
ing upon horse and rider. II is the jar, the
sharp conclusion, which makes weight so
trying upon equine legs. At one time sim
gle foot horses were all the fashion in Ken
tucky and Tennessee. They are still very
numerous, but so much trotting blood
has been introduced into both Sec
tions, especially the level por ton
OF Kentucky, that structural
form has undergone some
changes, and horses which have
an easy trot under the saddle are preferred
Sy those who are not welded to the idols
OF the past. Lexington Is the center of the
greatest trotting breeding district on the
face of the globe, and when mares descend
ed from the old saddle families are mated
with stations descended from Hambleton-
ian and Hambrino Chief, very usefol
type il obtained-a saddler with fast walk
and easy trotting action. The rough gated
trotter IL not ut tor the sa1 Idle school, still
we find many of these badly-formed and
hard pounding animals in the bride paths
of Central PES. They are ridden By men
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
Seasoning Timber,

Trees, Immediately after they are felled,
unless they have been previously killed,
contain great deal of moisture and are
unfit for use until they undergo season.
ing process. This is simply the evapor-
alton OF the water, which, If allowed to re-
main il the tree, would terment and de-
cay, ond If dried out too rapidly would
leave the timber brittle, because the gum
and other matters in the wood would egap-
crate with the wa'er, instead of assimilat-
ing with the foers and tending to bind
them together as is the case where the dry
ing is properly conducted. How to &C.
complish this is the principal thing, aud
there are many means OF doing so. Some
people say placing timber in a running
stream for time before stacking helps
seasoning and renders it less liable to de.
cay. But it is not always convenient, nor
is the timber as good as If seasoned other
ways, for it carries of more matter than
necessary. Some say leave timber in the
bulk some time before cutting into planks
There is great danger in doing this for If
there are any cracks through the bark to
cettain. The best way is to cut the timber
INTO planks at once after fell
ipg, and place it in a strore
or shed with good ventilation, but no
violent draughts of air and no moisture.
The floor should be perfectly dry aud the
ROOF lofty. In Stacking the timber 1t Is
well, when convenient, 10 stand the plauks
on end, the root end upward and well
raised from the ground. In all cases each
plank or board should be separated from
the next one by latbs to allow the air to
circulate freely between them. After be-
ing in this position for four or five months
1t is well to reverse them and brush off
with hard brush any moisture or mildew
that may appear. Timber seasoned in this
manner proves the toughest and most dur
able. In seasoning, hard woods take about
one year TO the inch, and soft woods much
less. Where ii is possible, il is we'll to cut
all timber into scantlings, and in panels or
boards to plane them some time before be-
ing used, as they are apt to shrink, no
matter how long they are seasoning, for
the wood which requires least seasoning is
generally found to be the most durable; it
then becomes an essential point that trees
should be felled during the wiHter months,
that being the season when the tree has the
least sap or vegetation within it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
ew Danger To Hons.

Hop growers have had rather a hard
time for year or two past. According to
Professor Lintner, State Entomologist of
New York, new enemy is looming 40 on
their path. 1t may be called Insignificant
in size, being new kind of plant lice
working underground. 1t has done soma
damage to hop-yards near Waterville, N.
Y. DR.. LIntner is watching the new en-
envy closely, and before the end of the
season will be able to better describe its
habits and the means for destroying it.
Working underground as it does, this last
will be difficult.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
Strengthening Food For Cows.

Cat, corn and barley meal are each and
all good for mich COWS at this season.
When first turned out to grass the heritage
is watery and innutritious, but it is better
to let them pick what they can than to
wait until the grass grows older, by which
time much of il will have become coarse,
and Will not be readily eaten. Cows thus
fed will eat dry hay, or even straw, readily
will eat clean. But straw, or even hay, is
not all that is required. Some grain or
meal must be added, not alone to keep up
the present flow and richness OF milk, but
to prevent the COW from growing poor,
which will decrease her yield all through
the season.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
scraping Apple Trees.

Old apple trees, especially if unthritty,
often have much loose bark on their
trunks. This is, however, only a symptom
of unthrift, and scraping it off will not
make the tree fruitful unless it is MANFRED
and well cared for otherwise. One Incl
dental advantage from scraping this rough
this their hiding place and will thus be de-
stroyed. To accomplish this result the
work should be done early, at least as SOON
as the trees blossom and as much earlier as
possible.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
basement walls for Barns.

There are decided advantages in putting
easements under stock barns aside from
the large amount of room which they
cheaply furnish. Look at any of the early
made barns to-day and we shall find its
stills rotted of from nearness to the ground,
while perhaps its upper timbers may be
sound and good. There is always con-
siderable manure thrown out from ste ok
barns in winter, and if the barn is not on
high walls its timbers are likely to be in
contact with it, iDjuriDg them more in one
year than would result from several years
exposure To the weather.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
Small Farming In France.

NJ. Bernard contributes to the Journal
d. Agriculture Pratique very interesting
article on "LaPetite Culture" Ia his
proper province, this writer maintains, the
cultivator is unsurpassed as farmer. 1t
is he who takes in hand all kinds OF diff
cult and delicate culture, while his COWS
are at least as well cared for as those OF the
larger farmer, and he keeps more cattle
and pigs per acre as rule. In Provence it
is the small cultivator who produces inn
mortels for the world; it is he who raises
great crops OF strawberries in Hyeres,
tomatoes in Antilles, and asparagus and
ant chCkes in the Eastern Pyrenees. In
Brittany and Normandy he produces but.
ter which finds ready sale in every mar
ket where it is offered. To him the culture
OF the vine is manly conseerated. On the
mountains, and wherever cultivation
is especially difficult, the small Gull
tivator alone succeeds. IL he has but
little capital he makes up for it by his
wonderful industry and perseverance,. His
cost Of production in proportion to results
is greater than that of the large cultiVator
but this is chiefly attributable to the high
prices he has to pay for the small quanti-
ties OF materials which he purchases and to
the exorbiiant interest on borrowed capital.
These difficulties NJ. Bernard proposes to
meet by establishing agricultural co-opera'
tive associations, similar TO the syndicates
which have met with such wonderful sue
cess in all parts of France, but in the ad-
Yantages of which, for one reason or anoth-
er, only the large farmers have shared and
agricultural credit banks, like those which
have proved so beneficial to peasant pro-
prietors in Germany, Belgium and Italy.
With respect to cooperative farming, what
ever it's economic advantages may be NJ.
Bernard declares that the French peasant
pIoprietors will never give up his property
and independence to become sharer with
others, and mere workman under the di.
Iection OF manager or committee.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
Minneapolis Milling.

MINNEAPOLIS, May 18.-The Northwest
ern Miller says: Despite the toughness of
the wheat, produced by hot weather, the
mills made quite gain in output last
week, averaging 10000 barrels daily. The
product was 10000 barrels, against 1867
600 barrels the previous week, and 40. 700
barrels the corresponding time in 1886.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
The Same Eject.
[Omaha World

Omaha World.
Matte, Matte" called an Omaha dame
to her daughter. ~ do wish you would
play something besides Wagner. am 80
sick of IT."
Il am not at the piano, ms" responded
the daughter from an adjoining room.
Then who is ftp"
Nurse and the baby
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
Sowing Grass Seed.

Professor II. II. Storer, in his recently
published book on agriculture, makes the
following suggestions concerning the sow.
ing of grass seed: Experience teaches very
emphatically that the seeds should not be
buried deeply in the earth. Large sized
seeds, like peas, and maize, beans, lupines
and the like. may be buried pretty deeply
without much harm. They contain suf-
fcient supply OF nourishment to carry the
sprout happily through a considerable
layer Of earth; bat little seeds, like grass
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damages for Seduction.

CINCINNATI, May Isl. V. Barbour, a
well-to-do citizen Of Grant County, Ken
lucky, yesterday obtained a verdict for
SIS. 900 damages in the United States Court
at Covington, KY, against E. o. Stevenson,
of Ohio, for the seduction of his daughter,
aged seventeen. The offense was COM
mitted year or two ago, when Stevenson
was living in Grant County, New York.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25

Exports last week were slightly smaller,
reaching $1,000 barrels. Receipts for the
week: Wheat, 756, 500 bushels; shipments,
-four, ia, 315 barrels; wheat. los, $40 bush
els; millstuffs, 2 919 tons. Wheat in store:
Minneapolis. 6,790,S93 bushels; Duluth,
10,535:77S bushels; st. Paul, $4,000
buShels
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
Horsford's Acid Phosphatss

DR.. O. @. Stout, Syracuse. N. Y, says: 81
have no doubt of its efficacy in all cases of
nervous prostratlon. 1 gave it to one pa
tent who was unable to transact the most
ordinary business; as he explained 1t, his
least exertion mentally. Immediate bene-
fit followed the use of the Acid Phosphate,
and he owed his recovery to it."